[PNB Scam] Justice Thipsay Defends Legal Opinion Given In Nirav Modi's Case; Says 'No Offence Of Cheating Made Out As Per Chargesheet'

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday accused former Judge of the Bombay and Allahabad High Court Justice (retd) Abhay Thipsay of trying to save fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi from being extradited to India. Nirav Modi is currently undergoing extradition trial in the Punjab National Bank fraud case at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court. The issue got a political colour...

We Must Do Our Bit For Community : Sr Adv Mukul Rohatgi On Lawyers' Duty Amid COVID-19 Crisis

After having donated to the PM CARES Fund and other NGOs, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi has now helped convert an old bus into a mobile testing laboratory for COVID-19 and funded the acquisition of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits for frontline healthcare workers. LiveLaw got in touch with the former Attorney General of India to learn more about his unique assistance to the...

Prison Sentences Should Not Turn Into Death Sentences: How APPEAL Is Leading A Fight To Protect Prisoners In UK From COVID19

Prison complexes are one of the most apparent hotspots of COVID19 pandemic. The problem of overcrowding of prisons along with poor sanitation facilities, makes correction facilities prone to the spreading of the virus. These circumstances have rendered prisoners, regardless of the nature of their incarceration, extremely vulnerable to the ongoing health crisis. While in India,...

[Interview] Anti-CAA Protestors' Posters With Address are Invitation To Mob Violence: Advocate Karuna Nundy

Advocate Karuna Nundy Speaks On Right To Privacy, MeToo Movement, Marital Rape, Fake News and More..with Avani Bansal

"We Need to Respect the Dignity of Our Children":Veteran Activist Sheela Barse in Conversation with Anurag Bhaskar

"We need to respect the dignity of our children":

Women's Day Special - Interview with Anjana Prakash, Senior Advocate (Former Patna HC Judge)

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'India's Founding Moment':The Constitution Of A Most Surprising Democracy: A Conversation With Author Madhav Khosla

In this exchange, Ananth Padmanabhan, the Dean of Academic Affairs at Sai University is in conversation with Madhav Khosla, who teaches constitutional law at Columbia Law School and Ashoka University and is the author of a new book, India's Founding Moment. Question 1: Your book argues that the making of India's Constitution was a unique moment not just in the history of...

'Criminalization Is Being Presented As A Solution To Social Problems' :Dr Prabha Kotiswaran On Women Issues And Laws

In the recent past, the only response of the Indian government to sexual violence against women and children, has been introducing newer and harsher punshments. This is evident through the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013, Criminal Law Amendment Act 2018 and this year's to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO). In this interview, Dr. Prabha...

'Will Take Twitter To Court', Sr Adv Sanjay Hegde On Suspension Of His Account [Video Interview]

Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, whose twitter account was suspended twice last week, is contemplating legal action against the social media giant.On Tuesday morning, he received an email from Twitter stating that his appeal against the suspension of the account has been dismissed "I have no doubt that the blocking is due to trolls instigating, Twitter should not be party to it. Twitter can't...

'Kenyan Court Process Better Than SC's Approach To Aadhaar Challenge' : V Anand, Who Testified Against Kenyan Biometric Project

"Regardless of the result of the case, I will say with full conviction that the Kenyan court has a superior process to deal with conflicting evidence in constitutional cases."

'I haven't Lost Hope In Judiciary, But My Faith Has Diminished':Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves [Interview] [Video]

Speaking to Live Law (Advocate Avani Bansal), Adv. Colin Gonsalves not only shared his concerns, hopes and aspirations for the country, but also expressed hope that things are going to be alright, despite the prevalence of an atmosphere of fear. He poured out his thoughts about the state of the nation, independence of judiciary, the increasing clampdown on rights activists and the need to...

Sr Adv K M Vijayan, Whose Lecture On Art 370 Was Cancelled Due To Opposition, Shares His Views On J&K Special Status

After his lecture scheduled by the Madras Bar Association on Article 370 of the Constitution was cancelled due to opposition, Senior Advocate K M Vijayan of Madras High Court shared his views on the topic with LiveLaw.Hours before the event scheduled on August 14, the MBA cancelled it when they received a representation from BJP legal wing objecting to the lecture on the ground that issue...